fix: Condition ClientID updates and watcher notifications on command success

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This PR adds error checks to prevent updating the client identifier and notifying watchers when command execution fails. The changes ensure that:

1. ClientID updates only occur after successful command execution
2. HANDSHAKE commands only update ClientID and Mode on success
3. Watchers are only notified about successful state changes

These safeguards prevent propagation of failed command effects, maintaining data consistency across the system and avoiding potential race conditions.

Bug fixes include improved error handling during command processing, ensuring that client identifier updates and watcher notifications only occur after successful command execution. In particular, handshake operations now properly check for command success before updating client state. These changes reduce the possibility of inconsistent state propagation and improve system stability.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Enhanced error handling to ensure that key system updates and notifications occur only after successful operations, thereby improving overall stability and reliability for end-users.

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Walkthrough

The change focuses on enhancing error handling in the StartSync method of the IOThread component. Conditional checks (if err == nil) now guard assignments and method calls, ensuring that the client ID, mode, and watcher notifications are only processed when there is no error. This adjustment streamlines control flow by preventing further actions when an error exists, thereby reinforcing the reliability of the method's execution.

Changes

File	Changes Summary
internal/.../iothread.go	Updated the StartSync method to include if err == nil conditions around assignments and the notification call.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
    participant Client as _c
    participant IOThread as IOThread
    participant WatchManager as watchManager

    Client->>IOThread: Invoke StartSync Command
    IOThread->>IOThread: Execute command, set err
    alt err == nil
        IOThread->>IOThread: Assign t.ClientID from _c.ClientID
        alt Command is "HANDSHAKE"
            IOThread->>IOThread: Set t.ClientID and t.Mode from _c.C.Args
        end
        IOThread->>WatchManager: Notify watchers
    else err != nil
        IOThread->>IOThread: Skip assignments and notifications
    end

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• internal/server/ironhawk/iothread.go (2 hunks)

🔇 Additional comments (5)

internal/server/ironhawk/iothread.go (5)

59-61: Excellent improvement to error handling for ClientID updates.

This change correctly implements conditional updating of the ClientID, ensuring it only happens after successful command execution. This helps maintain data consistency by preventing propagation of potentially invalid data from failed commands.

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63-63: Good enhancement to HANDSHAKE command processing.

Adding the error check to the HANDSHAKE condition ensures that ClientID and Mode are only updated upon successful command execution, which aligns with the PR objective and improves system reliability.

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84-86: Well-implemented conditional watcher notification.

This change ensures that watchers are only notified of successful state changes, preventing the propagation of effects from failed commands. This helps maintain data consistency throughout the system.

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54-59:

❓ Verification inconclusive

Consider addressing the TODO comments in a future PR.

The TODO comments highlight several potential issues with the current implementation, including ClientID duplication and allowing ClientID overrides. These should be addressed in a future PR to further improve the code quality.

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gh issue list --repo DiceDB/dice --search "in:title ClientID override" --json number,title,url

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Action: Track and Address TODO Items in Future PR

The code in internal/server/ironhawk/iothread.go (lines 54–59) contains several TODO comments addressing potential improvement areas—namely, optimizing command execution, preventing ClientID duplication/override, and ensuring invalid commands are not registered. Our verification using GitHub’s issue search did not return any existing issues for "ClientID duplication" or "ClientID override."

Please consider creating dedicated GitHub issues for these points if they are deemed high priority, and address them in an upcoming PR to further improve the code quality.

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82-84:

❓ Verification inconclusive

Consider addressing the ordering TODO in a future PR.

The TODO comment on line 82-83 mentions the need to streamline the ordering of updates sent to watchers. This is an important consideration for maintaining consistency and should be addressed in a future PR.

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Ordering Updates to Watchers: Consider Creating a Tracking Issue

The TODO in internal/server/ironhawk/iothread.go (lines 82-84) highlights the need to streamline the ordering of updates sent to watchers. Our verification confirms that this item is not currently tracked by any existing GitHub issue. Please consider opening a dedicated issue to track this improvement in a future PR.

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